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LGBT Rights in Shaviyani Administrative Atoll

Shaviyani is governed by federal Maldives law. Learn more
    Homosexuality
    ⚢
    ✖ Illegal (imprisonment as punishment)
    Gay Marriage
    ⚭
    ✖ Banned
    Censorship
    ✔ No censorship
    Changing Gender
    ✖ Illegal
    Gender-Affirming Care
    ✔ Legal
    Non-Binary Gender Recognition
    ✖ Not legally recognized
    Discrimination
    ✖ No protections
    Employment Discrimination
    ✖ No protections
    Housing Discrimination
    ✖ No protections
    Adoption
    ✖ Single only
    Intersex Infant Surgery
    Unknown
    Military
    ✖ Don't Ask, Don't Tell
    Donating Blood
    ✔ Legal
    Conversion Therapy
    ✖ Not banned
    Age of Consent
    N/A
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History

Homosexual activity in Shaviyani

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Homosexual activity in Shaviyani is illegal (imprisonment as punishment).

Current status
Illegal (imprisonment as punishment)
Penalty from 100 lashes up to 8 years in prison (not enforced towards Travellers or Non Muslims)
Details
Sources:
ilga.org/downloads/ILGA_Wor… (page 133)
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Mar 6, 2017–Sep 9, 2018
Illegal (imprisonment as punishment)
1 to 9 years in prison and 10 to 30 whipping. Not enforced.
Details
Sources:
ilga.org/downloads/02_ILGA_…


hrw.org/news/2018/06/12/rec…


ilga.org/downloads/02_ILGA_…
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Same-sex marriage in Shaviyani

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Same-sex marriage in Shaviyani is banned.

Current status
Banned
Section 410 (a) (8) of Maldives penal code states: “A person commits an offense if two persons of the same sex enter into a marriage.”
Details
Sources:
law.upenn.edu/live/files/42…
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Censorship of LGBT issues in Shaviyani

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Censorship of LGBT issues in Shaviyani is no censorship.

Current status
No censorship under federal Maldives law
In Maldives, there are no laws restricting the discussion or promotion of LGBTQ+ topics.
Details
Sources:
database.ilga.org/maldives-lgbti
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Right to change legal gender in Shaviyani

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Right to change legal gender in Shaviyani is illegal.

Current status
Illegal
No laws in place to legally change one's gender.
Details
Sources:
database.ilga.org/maldives-lgbti
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Gender-affirming care in Shaviyani

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Gender-affirming care in Shaviyani is legal.

Current status
Since 2000
Legal
In 2000, Maldives adopted the ICD-10 classification, which contains codes for diagnosing transsexualism in adulthood and childhood, which authorize the initiation of medical transition.
Details
Sources:
ourworldindata.org/grapher/…
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Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Shaviyani

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Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Shaviyani is not legally recognized.

Current status
Not legally recognized
No legal recognition.
Details
Sources:
database.ilga.org/maldives-lgbti
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LGBT discrimination in Shaviyani

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LGBT discrimination in Shaviyani is no protections.

Current status
Since Mar 6, 2017
No protections
As well as heavy social attitudes towards lgbt.
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LGBT employment discrimination in Shaviyani

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LGBT employment discrimination in Shaviyani is no protections.

Current status
Since Mar 6, 2017
No protections
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LGBT housing discrimination in Shaviyani

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LGBT housing discrimination in Shaviyani is no protections.

Current status
Since Mar 6, 2017
No protections
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Same-sex adoption in Shaviyani

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Same-sex adoption in Shaviyani is single only.

Current status
Single only
Homosexuality is illegal. No laws outlawing adoption.
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Intersex infant surgery in Shaviyani

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Intersex infant surgery in Shaviyani is unknown.

Current status
Unknown

Serving openly in military in Shaviyani

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Serving openly in military in Shaviyani is don't ask, don't tell.

Current status
Don't Ask, Don't Tell
Impossible to serve openly but there is no law criminalizing lgbt serving.
Details
Sources:
forktip.com/lgbt-couple-saf…
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Blood donations by MSMs in Shaviyani

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Blood donations by MSMs in Shaviyani is legal.

Current status
Legal
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Conversion therapy in Shaviyani

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Conversion therapy in Shaviyani is not banned.

Current status
Not banned
According to the ILGA World, there's no ban on conversion therapy in Maldives.
Details
Sources:
ilga.org/downloads/ILGA_Wor… (page 328)
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Equal age of consent in Shaviyani

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Equal age of consent in Shaviyani is n/a.

Current status
N/A
Homosexuality is illegal there.
Details
Sources:
old.ilga.org/Statehomophobi…
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Equality Index ?
15 / 100
Legal Rights
23 / 100
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